About a case of GIST occurring during pregnancy with immunohistochemical expression of epidermal growth factor receptor and progesterone receptor

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-123

  Lanzafame, S ^a   Minutolo, V ^b   Caltabiano, R ^a   Minutolo, O ^b   Marino, B ^c   Gagliano, G ^b   D'Asta, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Department of Neurology   (Italy)

^c USL 7 of Vittoria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidermal growth factor receptor; GIST; Pregnancy; Progesterone receptor

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RARE DISEASE; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 31144451379     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2005.08.013     Document Type: Article

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